Correction device for phonographic machines



G. W. BEADLE.

CORRECTION DEVICE FOR FHONOGRAPHIC MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.27. 1920.

Patented Jan. 17,1922.

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Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE w. BEADLE, or STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR ro COLUMBIAGRAPEOPHONE- MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTI- OUT, ACORPORATION or DELAWARE.

CORRECTION DEVICE FOR PHONOGRAPHIC MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Application filed. April 27, 1920. Serial No. 377,111.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE 1V. BnAnLn, a citizen of the United States.residing at Stamford, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCorrection Devices for Phonographic Machines, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to phonographic machines of the character usedfor dictation purposes and has particular reference to the means forimparting information to the transcriber concerningthe spoken wordsengraved in the wax tablet.

It is an obj ect of the invention to simplify devices of this characterand to make possible the incorporation of the same into existingmachines without detracting from the appearance thereof or requiring theredesigning of the same.

The invention consists, briefly speaking, in the provision, in lieu ofthe usual scale bar, of a bar having at one end a table over which theindex member may be moved. Over-lying the table is a pencil guide, thesame being preferably in the form of an arch stamped up from the table.One edge of the bar is provided with a channeled guide preferably in theform of segments stamped up from either side of the plate. This guide isadapted to straddle one longitudinal edge of the index member to preventthe same from buckling or collapsing as it is pushed over the table. Abracket on the carriage serves as a support for one end of the indexmember and to push the same over said table. Other features of theinvention will appear from a detailed description thereof taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the application of my invention to a wellknown form of dictation machine;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section along the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a view taken on line 3'3 of Fig. 2.

Only so much of the phonograph machine is shown and described as willsufiice to show the application of the invention thereto.

The base of the machine is indicated by numeral 12. Below the base is amotor box 13 containing mechanism (not shown) for imparting rotation tothe mandrel 14: on which the record tablet 15 is mounted and for movingthe sound-box carriage 16 longitudinally of said tablet.

Rising from the base is a pair of standards 17 having forwardlyprojecting arms 18. Extending between these standards is a slotted tube19 along which the carriage is movable. This tube is adapted to containa screw-shaft (not shown) for causing traveling movement of saidcarriage axially of the tablet 15 upon the suitable manipulation of thelever 20 which serves to Operatively connect the carriage to saidscrew-shaft. The carriage is prevented from rotating on said tube bymeans of a stabilizer arm 21 which is bifurcated at its lower end tostraddle a rod 22 extending between said standards. Along said tube androd the carriage may be freely moved by hand when the lever 20 is inneutral position.

The arms 18 projecting forwardly from the upper ends of the standardsnormally carry a scale (not shown) along which a pointer (not shown)moves as the carriage travels.

In carryingout my invention, I employ said arms for supporting a bar 23,which.

at one end has a laterally projecting table 24 over which the indexsheet 25 is adapted to be moved by the carriage through the instrumentality of a bracket 26 mounted on the carriage 16.

For supporting the index member between the table and bracket, I providea channeled guide, alongthe upper edge of the bar 23. This guide ispreferably formed by stamping up on either side of the bar, a series ofsegments 27 from a bent over portion of the same. This guide istherefore in the nature of a series of fingers which straddle onelongitudinal edge of the index sheet.

The upper part of the bracket 26 is flat and has a spring clip 28 whichserves to frictionally secure the index member to the bracket. Thebracket is further provided with a flange 29 which defines the correctrelation of the index member with respect to the channeled guide on thebar 23 and also with respect to the table 24.

Overlying the table is an arch 30 whi h thus forms a gateway for theindex memher. This arch. is preferably stamped up from the table 21L andhas a downturned end 31 for deflectingthc said member as it passesthrough the gate. \Vhilc it is desirable that the index meml'ier beconfined against lateral movement as it passes over the table, it willbe readily a preciated that means other than that described and shownmay be employed.

()vcrlying said table is a pencil guiijle which, in the presentinstance, is the edge of the arch 30. This pencil guide is preferablynot a right line but rather takes the iorm of a wave-like edge, thecrest being midway the width of the index member. .This ar-- nangemcntserves to prevent the pencil from being accidently drawn across thewhole width oil the sheet and is simpler than providing, for the samepurpose, a raised longitudinal heading in the index sheet as is proposedin some devices known in the art.

In inserting the index member or strip into the machine it is merelynecessary to place one edge of the same in the channeled pathway formedby the projecting fingers on the bar and to insert the other end of sameunder the clip of the bracket. The marginal flange on the bracketinsures that the index strip will be properly positioned with respect tothe channeled guide in the bar and that it will pass freely under thearch over the table without binding. In removing the strip it is merelynecessary to grasp the free end which extends under the tail-likeprojection of the arch and pull the same out of the clip.

It will now be seen that I have provided a simple but practicalcorrection device and have positioned the same so as not to detract fromthe appearance of the machine as a whole. The point at which the pencil.marks are adapted to be made on the index sheet is at the extreme rightend of the machine and hence isin a very convenient position for theaverage user.

Vhile the invention has been described in considerable detail this isnot to be taken as a limitation of the invention; the scope of the samewill appear from the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a phonographic machine, the com bination withthe travelingcarrhige, of an index member, a table over which said member may bemoved, a bracket on said carriage for supporting one-end of the saidmember, and means between said table and bracket preventing buckling ofsaid member.

2. In a phonographic machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member, a table over which said member may bemoved, a bracket on said carriage for supporting one end of said mcmher,and means between said table and bracket preventing buckling of saidmember forming an opensided supporting channel along the line of travelof the same.

ElfIn a phonographic machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member, a table over which said no ember may bemoved, a bracket 011 said carriage for supporting one end of saidniemher, and means between said tablet and bracket preventing bucklingof said member comprising a channeled guide straddllng one edge thereof.

4. In a phonographic machine, the co1nbination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member, table over which said member may be moved,a bracket on said carriage for supporting one end of said memher, achanneled guide between said table and bracket straddling onelongitudinal edge of said member, and means on said bracket preventinglateral displacement of said member out of said guide.

5. In a phonographic machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member, a table over which said member may bemoved, a bracket on said carriage for supporting one end of said member,means between said table and bracket preventing buckling of said member,and means on said bracket and table preventing lateral displacement ofsaid member.

6. In a phonographic machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member, a table over which said member may bemoved, a bracket on said carriage for supporting one end of said member,means between said table and bracket preventing buckling of said member,and an arch overlying the plane of said table and forming a gateway for.said member.

7. In a phonographic machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member, a table over which said member may bemoved, a bracket on said carriage for supporting one end of said memher,an arch overlying the plane of said table and forming a gateway for saidmember. said arch having a downwardly turned portion for deflecting thefree end of said member downwardly.

8. In a phonographic machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member, a table over which said member may bemoved, a bracket on said carriage for supporting one end of said memberand a pencil guide in oflset adjacent relation to said table.

9. In a phonographic machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member, a table over which said member may bemoved, a bracket on said carriage for supporting one end of said member,means between said table and bracket preventing buckling of said member,a pencil guide in offset relation to said table, and means preventinglateral displacement of said member as it moves over said table.

10. In a phonographic machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member adapted to have movement as the carriagetravels, and a stationary penoil guide overlying said index member andhaving a wave-like edge.

11. In a phonographie machine, the combination with the travelingcarriage, of an index member adapted to have movement as the carriagetravels, and a stationary pencil guide overlying said index member andhaving a wave-like edge, the crest thereof being midway the width of theindex member.

12. In a phonographic machine, the combination with a traveling part ofthe machine, of an index member disposed at one side of the part, and yasupport over which said member is pushed by said part.

In a phonograpliic machine, the combination with a traveling part of themachine, of an index member disposed at the advancing side of the part,and a support over which said member is pushed by said part.

14. In a phonographie machine, the combination with a traveling part ofthe machine, of a flexible index member disposed at the advancing sideof the part, a support over which said member is pushed by the part, andmeans adapted to prevent buckling of said part.

15. In a phonographic machine, the combination with a traveling part ofthe machine, of an index member having movement proportionately to themovement of the traveling part, a support over which said member ismoved, and a stationary indicator formed integral with the support.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

GEORGE WV. BEADLE.

